Network Engineer — F5 / Fortinet / Ingress-Egress

Network Engineer — F5 / Fortinet / Ingress-Egress

This is a critical role on the engagement. F5 iRules migration to ALB is a specialized skill that directly impacts the critical path and the licensing deadline. This requires deep AWS load balancing expertise combined with F5 migration experience.

Workstream Assignment:
• Networking (primary — F5, Fortinet, ingress/egress)
• Allocation Start date - 5/11/2026, 16 weeks, 40 hrs/wk

Key Responsibilities
• Analyze F5 iRules inventory and classify by migration complexity
• Design ALB/NLB configuration to replace F5 functions
• Design Inspection VPC pattern for L7/L4 traffic inspection
• Migrate iRules to ALB listener rules or equivalent AWS-native configurations
• Assess and implement interim F5 solution if December deadline is at risk
• Design AWS Network Firewall rule groups to replace Fortinet
• Design reporting parity for Fortinet replacement
• Design north-south and east-west traffic flow architecture
• Validate functional parity for F5 and Fortinet replacements

Required Skills
• F5 BIG-IP — deep understanding of iRules, virtual servers, pools
• ALB/NLB — advanced listener rules, target groups, WAF integration
• AWS Network Firewall — stateful/stateless rule groups
• L7 traffic inspection — URL routing, header manipulation, URI rewriting
• Inspection VPC patterns — Gateway Load Balancer or centralized inspection
• TLS/mTLS — certificate management, termination points
• Terraform — ALB/NLB/Network Firewall module development
• F5 to cloud-native migration experience strongly preferred

Pay: $70.00 - $75.00 per hour

Work Location: Remote